The Spanish side scored 100 points or more for the fourth straight game
Valencia routs Turk Telekom, 87-101
Valencia Basket remains the only undefeated team in the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup after thrashing Turk Telekom Ankara 87-101 in the Turkish capital in Group B on Wednesday night.
Valencia improved to 5-0 in Group B while Turk Telekom dropped to 3-2. Semi Ojeleye led the winners with 21 points in 20 minutes. Sergio de Larrea added 12 while Josep Puerto had 11 for Valencia. Braian Angola led Turk Telekom with 23 points, Anthony Brown had 18 and Yoan Makoundou added 11. Valencia led 32-58 at halftime and never looked back.
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Olivier Hanlan got Turk Telekom going with a floater, then Xabi Lopez-Arostegui and Nate Sestina gave Valencia a 2-4 lead. The guests found a go-to guy in Ojeleye, who struck twice from downtown and added a wild dunk to boost his team's lead to 6-12. Kyle Alexander scored down low and Angola, making his debut, added a three-pointer that kept Turk Telekom close, 11-14. Brancou Badio and Puerto each hit one from beyond the arc, but Brown answered with consecutive baskets for a 15-20 score. Jaime Pradilla joined the three-point shootout, Nate Reuvers scored down low and Badio's fast-break layup gave Valencia a 15-27 margin. Ismet Akpinar got the hosts closer, 17-27, after 10 minutes.
Stefan Jovic buried a jumper early in the second quarter. Max Heidegger and Ojeleye traded three-pointers, then Brown's jumper brought Turk Telekom within 22-32. De Larrea scored in the mid post and Matt Costello added a three-point play, good for a 22-37 Valencia margin. De Larrea followed a driving layup with a triple and Ethan Happ added a fast-break layup that broke the game open, 23-44. De Larrea kept pacing Valencia with a backdoor layup. Berkan Durmaz and Hanlan stepped up for the hosts, Happ answered with a three-point play and Pradilla's layup kept the guests way ahead, 29-51. Sestina, Jovic and Puerto boosted Valencia's lead to 32-58 at halftime.
Hanlan and Ojeleye each struck from beyond the arc soon after the break. Matt Costello stepped up with a reverse layup and Ojeleye bettered Angola's put-back layup with another triple that gave Valencia a 38-66 lead. Ojeleye buried a fadeaway jumper, Brown answered from downtown and Sestina's layup restored a 41-70 Valencia margin. Brown took over with an outstanding dunk but Nate Reuvers and Lopez-Arostegui made the hosts call a timeout at 45-76. Goran Filipovic and Melih Tunca each found their first points, then Puerto's three-pointer boosted the guests' lead to 48-81. Angola and Brown kept Turk Telekom within 52-81 after 30 minutes.
Both teams kept fighting for points difference even when everything was said and done in the final 10 minutes. Badio downed a three-pointer, then Angola followed a driving layup with an eight-meter bomb to bring Turk Telekom a bit closer, 62-86. Valencia started to use longer possessions to run the game clock down. Sestina finished one of those with a catch-and-shoot triple that restored a 64-89 margin. Turk Telekom rallied in the final minutes, but it was too little, too late for the hosts as Valencia had cruised to a no-doubt-about-it road victory.